[MUD-Dev] believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation)

[Freeman]

From: Michael Sellers
> Jeff Freeman wrote:

>> Yeah, it's a human actor in the suit.  Wait in line for an hour
>> or so, see an actor for 2 minutes and then it's NEXT! and you're
>> back out on the lawn.

>> Sorry, what is it we're supposed to learn from that?

> That despite your disbelief and derision, millions of people with
> many disposable dollars go there every year and spend thousands of
> dollars because they find it to be an enjoyable, meaningful
> experience worth repeating.

But they don't repeat it *every day* for *months*.

> And that, in contrast, we in this industry know almost nothing
> about how to attract and keep that sort of attention. If we did,
> we'd be doing it.

We're doing a *much* better job of keeping people's attention than
that.

I think it's a real mistake to ignore what we're doing right, what
we do well, what purpose we serve and flavor of entertainment we
are, to focus on what other forms of entertainment do better, or
just differently.

In fact I think it's tragically wrong.
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